“THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. ”
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For the uncultured:
::: spoiler spoiler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_Amontillado :::
And there was me thinking about that very old episode of Thomas the Tank Engine
”But I think he deserved his punishment, dont you?”
No, I don’t think he should have been immured for disobeying the Fat Controller.
It's like a 5 minute read, and my absolute favorite by Poe!
Hey screw you buddy, I had yogurt for breakfast this morning and drank some kombucha in the afternoon I'm cultured as FUCK!
“THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely, settled --but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. ”